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MARTINEZ — One by one, relatives and friends of Gordon Blake trooped to a courtroom podium Tuesday, assuring Judge John W. Kennedy that they knew a different man from the one convicted in June of 32 felonies for molesting boys in the 1990s.
"This whole thing is weird to me," said Greg Lynch, Blake's nephew. "These (victims) just showed up out of the blue last year. Have compassion on this good, kind man."
While not unmoved by the testimony, Kennedy, citing the law and evidence presented at trial, sentenced the Brentwood man to 194 years to life in prison.
"I fully understand the family's difficulty in accepting the jury's findings in this case," the judge said.
Blake, 53, was active in local politics, twice running unsuccessfully for state office. He was portrayed Tuesday as a church-goer, a good Samaritan and a dutiful uncle who enjoyed board games and making pancakes.
In January 2013, a prisoner in County Jail wrote letters to the Brentwood Police Department and the Contra Costa District Attorney's Office suggesting a darker side to Blake.
John Doe 3, who grew up in Blake's neighborhood and whose mother frequently left him in Blake's care, described being molested at Blake's house and in the community pool and spa. Eventually, three other John Does came forward. All four victims testified at the trial. None were present at the sentencing.
Blake's sister, Julie Lynch, found the allegations difficult to believe.
"We live in the same area," she said. "I'm over at his house several times a week. There are no kids hanging around his house and never were. He's a small business owner, part of the backbone of this country. Gordon Blake is not a danger to the community. He's an asset to the community."
Immediately before sentencing was imposed, Blake made a short statement.
"I would like to thank my family for standing with me," he said. "I am not the person who was portrayed here. That's not my character."
In making his ruling, Kennedy noted that the forced sexual abuse was "particularly callous and cruel. Some of the victims were particularly vulnerable due to the lack of family support and no father figures."
In addition, the judge cited Blake's testimony at trial, which he called "not credible" to the point of perjury. Finally, in explaining his decision to impose consecutive instead of concurrent sentences for the 32 counts, Kennedy cited "a consistent repetitive behavior with time between each act to consider the consequences of his actions."
At the outset of the hearing, Kennedy denied defense attorney Tom Johnson's motion for a new trial. After sentencing, Johnson expressed his intent to file an appeal before day's end.
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comfort spot
There needs to be one go-to area of the house that we can go to for comfort. A place that's a bit disheveled but lets you relax in your own space. For me it's this little area. It's a cozy corner with lots of stacked books, a soft knit blanket and lots of pillows. I love reading books to my son Israel here, checking emails, talking on the phone or talking with visitors. I'm curious, what's your comfort spot?
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Seems perfect! Right know I'm trying to find that spot in my house. Lovely day!ReplyDelete
Wonderful place! I like the colors. And, hey there is my favorite little Table. Someday it will be mine :)ReplyDelete
http://bwaterloo.wordpress.com/2013/06/17/6-16-13/ the first picture in this post is my little corner in my current apartment. I also find solitude in going to coffee shops around Chicago, or libraries, finding corners, and shutting out the world. When I get older and settle down into a place with my boyfriend, I'll have something more permanent as my go to corner.ReplyDelete
I totally love your spot.ReplyDelete
From the impression I get from your instagram, I could never imagine your space as 'disheveled!'ReplyDelete
It does look inviting though.
Where is the sofa (lounge chair) from?ReplyDelete
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where did you get the sofa and the knitted blanket? :)
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Background of the Namibian Defence Force Background of the Namibian Defence Force
The Namibian Defence Force was established in 1990 by the Namibian Constitution, Chapter 15, Article 115, and the Defence Act 20 of 1990 as amended. The President is the Commander-In-Chief of the Namibian Defence Force.
At independence, Namibia had no Defence Force and it had to be built from scratch. Since then, significant progress has been made. Former members of the People's Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN) and the South West Africa Territory Force (SWATF) were demobilised and many of them were integrated into a unified Namibian Defence Force (NDF). The Defence Amendment Act (Act 20 of 1990) sets out a variety of legal requirements for the composition and organisation of the NDF. The Defence Policy Paper approved by the National Assembly in March 1992 presents policy guidelines for the development of the MOD and the NDF.
The British Military Advisory Training Team (BMATT) effort in Namibia has been directed towards developing a programme for creating and training the army prior to its assuming deployment tasks. The programme timings have been generated by the need to deploy formed units to undertake security tasks. The BMATT training programme covered a period from April 1990 - March 1995 and its tour of duty in Namibia was a tremendous success.
The People's Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN) was an armed wing of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) of Namibia which had waged a protracted liberation war to free the Namibian people from colonial oppression by the then, South African Racist Regime. During the liberation struggle, SWAPO had been waging the struggle on three fronts, namely, Political, Diplomatic and Military front.
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Aaron Hernandez, the Patriots tight end charged with first-degree murder Wednesday, has now been tied to another homicide.
On Thursday, Hernandez was named as a suspect in a 2012 double-murder case in downtown Boston. Boston Police responded July 16, 2012 to the corner of Shawmut Avenue and Herald Street at 2 a.m., where they found three men had been shot -- two fatally -- in their car at a traffic light.
The men were leaving a bar at the time they were killed. The two killed, Safiro Furtado and Daniel Abreu, were in the front seat when an SUV with Rhode Island plates opened fire. The surviving third passenger was in the back seat.
Hernandez was charged Wednesday with the murder of Odin Lloyd, a 27-year-old semi-professional football player. Hernandez was first linked to the homicide when police discovered a car connected to the case -- also an SUV with Rhode Island plates -- rented in Hernandez's name.
Police searched Hernandez's house and the area around it several times, each time leaving with a cardboard box. Detectives later determined that Hernandez had destroyed his cell phone and home security system, and that part of the tape near the time of the murder was missing.
An arrest warrant for obstruction of justice was written up but not issued. Wednesday morning, plainclothes police arrived at Hernandez's house and arrested him without struggle. His charges were not announced until a hearing Wednesday afternoon in Attleboro, Mass., district court. Hernandez is charged with the murder of Odin Lloyd and five counts of gun possession. He is pleading not guilty.
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The San Francisco home made famous by the popular sitcom "Full House" is now available to rent for a staggering $13,950 a month.
The villa at 1709 Broderick Street was put on the market in May with a $4.15 million price tag, but it didn't sell.
The home's exterior, then painted white, was used as the Tanner family's residence in the original show. According to its listing on the Vanguard Properties website, this Charles Lewis Hinkel home was constructed in 1883 and is one of the city's finest examples of preserved Italianate, Victorian architecture.
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Inside scenes were filmed on a set in Burbank, California.
The shots were used again in the recent "Fuller House" reboot of the show on Netflix, the newspaper reported.
The home is listed at 2,985 square feet, and has three bedrooms and 3.5 bathrooms.


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Smelly feet aren't fun for anyone, but there is an effective, simple and cheap treatment that you can use at home which will banish foot odour within a week.
Medically known as bromodosis, stinky feet are a common year-round problem.
The main cause is sweaty feet combined with wearing the same shoes every day.
Anyone can get sweaty feet, regardless of the temperature or time of year. But teenagers and pregnant women are especially prone because hormonal changes make them sweat more.
You're also more likely to have foot perspiration if you're on your feet all day, if you're under a lot of stress or if you have a medical condition called hyperhidrosis, which makes you sweat more than usual. Fungal infections, such as athlete's foot, can also lead to bad foot odour.
According to podiatrist, Lorraine Jones, feet become smelly if sweat soaks into shoes and they don't dry before you wear them again.
Bacteria on the skin break down sweat as it comes from the pores. A cheesy odour is released as the sweat decomposes.
"Your feet sweat into your shoes all day so they get damp and bacteria start to grow. The bacteria continue to breed once you've taken your shoes off, especially if you put them in a dark cupboard. Then, when you put your shoes back on the next day, even if you've just had a shower, putting your feet into still damp shoes creates the perfect conditions for the bacteria to thrive – warm, dark and moist."
The good news is that there's a simple, quick, sure-fire solution to smelly feet.
According to Lorraine, "if you do this twice a day, you'll definitely banish smelly feet within a week."
She adds that you shouldn't use Hibiscrub on your feet if you have broken skin, such as eczema.
Keeping feet fresh and sweet smelling is all down to good personal hygiene and changing your shoes regularly. To keep feet fresh:
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Smelly feet are a harmless problem that generally clears up. Sometimes, however, it can be a sign of a medical condition.
See your doctor if simple measures to reduce your foot odour don't help, or if you're worried that your level of sweating is abnormally high.
Your doctor can offer you a strong prescription antiperspirant or refer you for a treatment called iontophoresis, which delivers a mild electric current through water to your feet to combat excessive sweating.
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Homeopathy sceptics in a number of cities in the Czech Republic and Slovakia staged a mass "overdose" of homeopathic remedies, in a bid to prove they have no effect. In Prague homeopathy critics, among them doctors, vets and members of the Sysifos club of sceptics met on Palacký square where they demonstrated the production homeopathy medicine on homeo-rum which they offered the public. Similar happenings by homeopathy sceptics have been held abroad.
Cardinal Dominik Duka celebrated a mass at the Basilica of St Peter and St Paul at Vysehrad on Sunday in memory of the victims of the 1956 Hungarian Uprising. The uprising, which lasted from October 23 until November 10, 1956, started as a student protest and quickly grew into was a nationwide revolt against the government and its Soviet-imposed policies. It was brutally crushed by Soviet troops who invaded the country. Over 2,500 Hungarians were killed in the conflict, and 200,000 people fled the country. Mass arrests and denunciations continued for months after.
Terezin and Auschwitz survivor George Brady, 88, who is at the centre of an awrd scandal that has reverberated across the political scene, arrived in the Czech Republic late Sunday afternoon. Mr. Brady expressed regret over the developments surrounding his award, but said that even if he was no longer up for a state award, he had wanted to visit his homeland. Palacký University in Olomouc has said it would be honoured to give Mr. Brady an academic award in recognition of his life's work. The visit has spark great media interest and journalists were at the airport awaiting his arrival.
The head of the State Nuclear Safety Authority Dana Drábová has suggested that a deep nuclear waste storage site should be built in the vicinity of one of the country's nuclear power plants, be it Temelín or Dukovany. Drábová told Czech Television that the Industry and Trade Ministery had made a mistake in trying to find a new locality. Drábová said the inhabitants of villages near Dukovany had indicated an interest in geological tests in return for adequate compensation. The ministry's plans to conduct geological tests at seven other localities raised a storm of opposition. The deep nuclear waste storage site should be built by 2065.
A real estate boom fueled by low mortgage rates has sent up housing prices in Prague, making it one of the costliest cities to live in, Czech Television reported. Czechs with an average salary now have to work eleven years for a flat of approximately seventy square meters. An Austrian would need to work for nine years to acquire a similar flat in Vienna, while a German would only need to work for six years to buy a one in Berlin. London, Paris or Brussels are more expensive. An average flat of seventy square meters in Prague costs approximately 7.5 million crowns. Just a year ago Czechs needed to work less than ten years to acquire it.
The Communist Party leadership has survived a call for a change-of-guard in the wake of the party's defeat in October's regional and Senate elections. The call for new party elections came from the Ostrava region, but did not receive majority support. The party analyzed the reasons for its failure, concluding that it would stick with its program but needed to change its approach and rhetoric ahead of next year's parliamentary elections.
Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka has urged President Miloš Zeman to act
like a statesman and honour Auschwitz survivor George Brady with an
academic award in recognition of his life's work. On his Twitter account
the prime minister warned that otherwise the celebrations marking
Czechoslovak Independence Day at Prague Castle would turn into a festival
of pettiness and disagreements. A growing number of politicians, academics
and cultural figures have announced they will not be attending the event in
solidarity with George Brady who was reportedly crossed off the list of
nominees because his nephew Culture Minister Daniel Herman met with the
Dalai Lama during his visit to Prague. In a private conversation with
Deputy Prime Minister Andrej Babiš, Mr. Zeman admitted having asked the
culture minister no to meet with Dalai Lama but denied having threatened
him that failure to comply would result in his uncle not receiving a state
Prime Minister Sobotka likewise commented on the fact that some politicians are planning a separate celebration on Prague's Old Town Square. He said he did not consider this a good idea since Czechoslovak Independence Day is an occasion that should unite and not divide the nation.
The affair has evoked widespread criticism across the political spectrum. The leaderships of the Christian Democratic party and the opposition Civic Democrats have said they will discuss a possible party boycott of the award giving ceremony at Prague Castle next week and many ministers and high-placed officials have already said they plan to decline the invitation. Speaker of the lower house Jan Hamáček of the Social Democratic Party said that if Mr. Herman's words were confirmed he would not attend the ceremony. Miroslava Nemcová of the Civic Democrats said that if the allegations were true then the president had committed blackmail and society must respond. ANO leader Andrej Babiš said Prague Castle owed the public an explanation and should issue an official stand clarifying the matter. An alternative celebration marking Czechoslovak Independence Day is already being organized on Prague's Old Town Square.
President Zeman has confirmed asking Culture Minister Daniel Herman not to
meet with the Dalai Lama during his visit to Prague, but has denied having
linked the request to an award for Herman's uncle George Brady. The
president did not issue an official stand on the matter, but passed on the
information to Finance Minister Andrej Babiš with whom he met on Saturday.
Culture Minister Daniel Herman told Czech Television late on Friday that President Miloš Zeman had threatened him not to meet with Dalai Lama or his uncle, Auschwitz survivor George Brady, would be crossed off the list of nominees for a high state distinction. Mr. Herman claimed the words had been said at an official event in front of several witnesses. He refused to disclose their names for fear of dragging them into the dispute.
According to Aktualne.cz, Czech-born George Brady, 88,who has devoted his life to writing and lecturing about the Holocaust, was on the list of nominees who are to receive a state award on October 28, Czechoslovak Independence Day, but was crossed off the list on Friday.


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Guatemala is a country in North America particularly in the Central America region. It is a country where a lot of trees are found. Its name is a Nahuatl word, which means a place of many trees. Nahuatl is an Aztec or Ancient Mexican language.
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Coffee drinkers would enjoy staying in Guatemala as the best coffee comes from this country. After a nice cup of coffee it would be nice to visit Lake Atitlan and appreciate the beauty of the three volcanoes found in the middle of the lake. You can paraglide into the craters of these volcanoes or scuba dive and swim in the lake. Antigua Guatemala is also a beautiful place with a lot of history. Getting to Guatemala can be inexpensive.
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"Washed Clean," New Era, Mar. 2013, 33
Washed Clean
In ancient times the cry "Unclean!"
Would warn of lepers near.
"Unclean! Unclean!" the words rang out;
Then all drew back in fear,
Lest by the touch of lepers' hands
They, too, would lepers be.
There was no cure in ancient times,
Just hopeless agony.
No soap, no balm, no medicine
Could stay disease or pain.
There was no salve, no cleansing bath,
To make them well again.
But there was One, the record shows,
Whose touch could make them pure;
Could ease their awful suffering,
Their rotting flesh restore.
His coming long had been foretold.
Signs would precede His birth.
A Son of God to woman born,
With power to cleanse the earth.
The day He made ten lepers whole,
The day He made them clean,
Well symbolized His ministry
And what His life would mean.
However great that miracle,
This was not why He came.
He came to rescue every soul
From death, from sin, from shame.
For greater miracles, He said,
His servants yet would do,
To rescue every living soul,
Not just heal up the few.
Though we're redeemed from mortal death,
We still can't enter in
Unless we're clean, cleansed every whit,
From every mortal sin.
What must be done to make us clean
We cannot do alone.
The law, to be a law, requires
A pure one must atone.
He taught that justice will be stayed
Till mercy's claim be heard
If we repent and are baptized
And live by every word. …
If we could only understand
All we have heard and seen,
We'd know there is no greater gift
Than those two words—"Washed clean!"
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Time=Life, getting the school facilities locked down quickly.
A: One of the key elements to survival of a violent incident, like an Active Shooter in a school, is to act quickly and get the room locked down. For most schools this is part of the emergency drill practice, unfortunately many of our schools are not equipped with the best types of door locks for this emergency response.
I have seen so many schools with door locks that require the teacher or staff member to go out into the hallway, into the killing zone, to lock their door using a key. This is not safe; during the attack at the Sandy Hook School the doors were set up this way.
When we look at human response to a violent event, we find that one of the first things a person loses during this kind of event are their fine motor skills, like putting a key in a door lock; it's not going to happen under this kind of stress.
This reality forces us to look at how we can better lock down, here are some options:
1- Change out the door locks on every classroom door to the type that have a large "Thumb Turn" inside the classroom. This allows the teacher to use large motor skills and flip the lock into place. The down side of this option is that changing all the locks on every classroom door in your school is very expensive.
2- Keep the classroom doors locked and closed at all times. This option provides teachers with knowledge that in an emergency their door is already locked, but as every teacher will tell you, keeping the hallway door locked at all times is not as easy as it sounds. Kids have to come and go throughout the class period and stopping to open the door to readmit them is a distraction. While this is a better option than locking the door with a key in the hallway and it doesn't require buying new locks, it is still not a great answer.
3- Automatic electronic door locks that are activated remotely, usually from the main office during an emergency. Someone activates the system and all the door locks engage at once. This can be very fast, if the person who is supposed to lock the door is able to do so. This type of system is used on some new school construction projects, but this is very expensive to do in a retro fit. A down side is that once the doors are locked any student or staff member in the hallway has to find an open door or have someone open their door to let them in.
4- Door magnets. These are very simple, very effective, very fast and very inexpensive for the amount of classroom security they provide. A classroom door magnet is a magnet specially designed to fit on the frame of the classroom door over the hole where the throw engages the lock. The magnet prevents the door from latching closed in this position. The door lock itself is placed in the "locked" position by the teacher at the start of the school day. With the magnet in place, kids can come and go from the room very easily as if the door were not locked at all. In an emergency the teacher or a student simply slides the magnet out of the way and closes the door. Since the door is already in the lock position the throw pops into place and the door is secured. This is done from inside the classroom very quickly. At an average cost of $5 they are an economically viable option for most districts.
Some Fire Personnel have expressed concern that during a fire the magnet could expand and prevent the door from opening. This might be true but the incidents of fires in schools are very rare and if there was a fire the kids and teachers would evacuate before the flames reached the classroom. When I look at the actual events in schools today, I see the chances of an Active Shooter attack being much greater than a fire so I would be very comfortable with my child's classroom door being equipped with a magnet for fast lock down rather than hoping his teacher could get a key into a lock during a shooting incident.
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Hogs Notch First SEC Win Against Vanderbilt
Young, Powell lead Arkansas past Commodores, 56-33
Marshawn Powell scored 17 points and BJ Young added 14 as Arkansas pulled away for a 56-33 win over Vanderbilt at Bud Walton Arena.
"Today we played a good bounce back game," head coach Mike Anderson said. "I thought they played with a lot of energy and focus."
Powell, who was held scoreless in a loss at Texas A&M on Wednesday, scored the first eight points for the Razorbacks (10-5, 1-1 Southeastern Conference) on Saturday and added 6 rebounds and 6 steals.
"(I wanted to) exert myself early, and just let my team go off of me," Powell said. I feel like I'm one of the old guys here -- or I am THE old guy here, so I need to start doing it more, especially during conference play."
Young added 12 of his 14 points in the second half as Arkansas bounced back from a season-worst 51-point effort in an 18-point loss against the Aggies.
"That's big for us," said junior guard Kikko Haydar. "It's important that we get Marshawn, BJ, and even Hunter (Mickelson) and everybody going early. If we can get them going early, we can feed off the energy, especially in this building. We have plenty of energy, so the sky is the limit."
Sheldon Jeter had 8 points to lead the Commodores (6-8, 0-2), who matched their season low for points and narrowly avoided setting the school mark for scoring futility. Vanderbilt committed a season-worst 26 turnovers, leading to 23 points for the Razorbacks.
"Defensively we were really engaged and to me that is just Arkansas basketball," Anderson said. "It was important to not let Vanderbilt get comfortable and I am proud of our guys for coming out and establishing how we wanted the game to be played."
Arkansas will get their chance to go above .500 in the SEC Wednesday night when they host Auburn at 7:00 p.m.


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Missing channels when connected to an antenna.
TV transmitters may be located in different directions. Directional antennas will pick up the TV stations in the direction in which they are pointed during auto-programming. Omni-directional antennas will pick up signals from different directions without adjusting.
Example of an Omni-directional antenna.
Example of directional antennas.
Outside antennas are capable of receiving signals from a longer distance than small indoor ones.
To determine what channels are in your area, a website we might suggest would be www.antennaweb.org.
Click the continue tab and then enter you zip code. For more precise information, enter the street address and city. Click the submit tab at the bottom of the screen.
In the example below, the RF Channel column shows the channel number the broadcaster is transmitting on. The Channel column is the channel number displayed on your TV if there is sufficient signal strength for the TV to receive the channel. Antenna Type column shows the recommended antenna type for your location.
To add a channel that is not programmed in your TV, you must enter the RF Channel number. Adjust your antenna until a picture is displayed on your TV. Due to distance and other factors, you may need to upgrade your antenna to receive some channels. Digital channels require a stronger signal than analog channels to show a picture.
The digital channel will display the virtual channel number programmed by the broadcaster, not the RF channel number you entered. Refer to the antennaweb.org list for your zip code.
After the TV displays a picture, press the Menu button on your remote and select Setup and then Add Channels.
Then press the OK button on your remote to add the channel to memory.
Missing channels when connected to cable.
If all of the channels are not present after auto-programming when connected to cable, ask your cable provider to check your signal level or add a booster amplifier on your cable before re-running auto-programming. The TV will only receive un-encoded digital channels on the cable. The channel number(s) on which you receive the un-encoded channels will be different that the channel number(s) displayed if you have a cable box. In some cases, the digital channels you receive when connected directly to the cable are not advertised by the cable provider.
Some other reasons you may be missing cable channels when connected directly to the cable:
• Extended basic channels require a cable box.
• Premium channels require a cable box.
• Special packages such as ESPNHD require a cable box.
• Splitting the cable signal to multiple sets will reduce the signal level causing channel dropouts.
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CARSON, Calif. (Sunday, March 9, 2014) – The Chicago Fire (0-1-0, 0 points) fell 3-2 to Chivas USA (1-0-0, 3 points) Sunday afternoon at the StubHub Center in Carson, Calif. in the Fire's 2014 season opener. After Chivas USA scored two goals in three minutes early in the second half, the Men in Red mounted a furious comeback as Benji Joya scored with his first touch of the match and Quincy Amarikwa equalized with a right-footed shot from distance, but Bobby Burling headed home the game-winner for Chivas USA in the waning minutes of the match.
The Fire next head to the Pacific Northwest to take on the Portland Timbers at Providence Park on Sunday, March 16 at 2:00 p.m. CT (My50/TWCSC Wisconsin/La Ley).
The Men in Red will host 2013 MLS Supporters' Shield winners New York Red Bulls for Opening Day at Toyota Park, presented by Giordano's Chicago Pizza, on Sunday, March 23 at 2:00 p.m. CT. Single game tickets to the Fire's 17 MLS Regular Season home matches and to the July 26 international friendly against Barclay's Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur FC are now available via Ticketmaster and www.Chicago-Fire.com.
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MATCH HIGHLIGHTS: http://bit.ly/1hYBPdY
- With the result, the Fire move to 8-6-3 overall in MLS regular season matches against Chivas USA, and 4-3-2 in matches played on the road.
- The Fire are now 5-5-5 when opening the season away from Chicago, and 5-6-6 overall in the first match of the season.
- Benji Joya scored 49 seconds into his Fire debut. With the goal, which was scored with his first touch of the game, Joya becomes the 10th Fire player to score in his debut appearance for the club.
Chicago Fire 2 – 3 Chivas USA
Chicago Fire: Sean Johnson; Lovel Palmer, Jhon Kennedy Hurtado, Bakary Soumare, Gonzalo Segares; Patrick Nyarko (Benji Joya 63'), Alex, Jeff Larentowicz ©, Dilly Duka; Chris Rolfe (Logan Pause 75'), Juan Luis Anangono (Quincy Amarikwa 57')
Substitutes not used: Patrick Ianni, Mike Magee, Kyle Reynish, Greg Cochrane,
Chivas USA: Dan Kennedy; Eric Avila, Bobby Burling, Carlos Bocanegra ©, Tony Lochhead; Agustin Pelletieri, Oswaldo Minda, Leandro Barrera (Adolfo Bautista 65'), Mauro Rosales; Erick Torres (Dani Fragoso 90'), Thomas McNamara (Luke Moore 79')
Substitutes not used: Matthew Fondy, Trevor Spangenberg, Andrew Jean-Baptiste, Donny Toia
Scoring Summary
CHV – Erick Torres (penalty kick) 56'
CHV – Thomas McNamara (Leandro Barrera, Mauro Rosales) 59'
CHI – Benji Joya (unassisted) 64'
CHI – Quincy Amarikwa (unassisted) 70'
CHV – Bobby Burling (Mauro Rosales) 88'
Misconduct Summary
CHV – Bobby Burling (caution) 40'
CHI – Gonzalo Segares (caution) 55'
CHI – Dilly Duka (caution) 61'
CHV – Carlos Bocanegra (caution) 77'
CHI – Benji Joya (caution) 78'
Referee: William Anderson
Assistants: Jairo Morales, Jose Da Silva
Fourth Official: Javier Santos
Attendance: 8,320


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ASX Settlement
The settlement system and electronic securities depository for all cash equities traded in Australia is ASX Settlement.
As at the end of June 2017, $1.81 trillion of securities were held in CHESS across 2,053,304 holders and 12,956,154 holdings.
Settlement is conducted through the Clearing House Electronic Sub-register System (CHESS), which operates a Model 3 Delivery versus Payment (DvP) multilateral net batch settlement mechanism, exchanging cash for securities irrevocably.
CHESS also registers the title (ownership) of shares on its sub-register. Both this sub-registry service and the fact that it is included within standard settlement fees are unique to Australia.
The sub-registry service provides key benefits to brokers, investors and issuers:
- For brokers, it reduces risk in facilitating settlement through expediting both the movement of securities in preparation for settlement and the timely allocation of shares to client accounts post settlement. It also enables them to provide a value-add service to investors by managing all of an investor's shareholdings in a single account. Because registration is held within the CHESS system, brokers can also do this without any additional system development.
- For investors, it has the advantage of simplifying the administration of a portfolio by consolidating all shareholdings into a single account. It also provides investors with confidence that their holdings are only transferred by their broker on receipt of proper instruction from them. The CHESS system also produces holding statements which independently confirm their share purchases, sales, transfers and holdings. Finally, the CHESS system retains investor details for use in subsequent transactions.
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The New York Times' Frank Bruni turns the sharp edge of his pen against the Roman Catholic priesthood in today's column, invoking Garry Wills, whose next book, Why Priests? A Failed Tradition, will no doubt expose, as Wills' often does, the problematic underbelly of this quintessentially Catholic institution (shared also with the Orthodox and Anglicanism). Bruni doesn't tackle the theological dimension of priesthood–one assumes that Wills most likely does–but its insularity. Exhibit A: Cardinal Roger Mahony.
The LA archdiocese this week released the personnel files of priests accused of abuse, which time after time shows Mahony's abject failure to protect innocents or turn over offenders. It wasn't until 2006 that Mahony started meeting with victims, some 20 years after he started first dealing with cases–and a full four years after the Boston scandal broke. Before those meetings, Mahony claims in a statement released by the archdiocese, he "remained naive myself about the full and lasting impact of these horrible acts"–a statement to which we must add "willfully," just before naive.
Whether "Catholicism's Curse"–as Bruni titles his column–is indeed priesthood itself is a question worthy of debate, but the insular system by which priests are made–residential seminaries more or less totally remote from Catholic parishes, families, and their children–is certainly a part of the problem that must be eliminated. Indeed, while I don't see a direct connection between celibacy and child sexual abuse, I do see a connection between celibacy and the inability to identify and empathize with children and families, and I wonder how different the church's response to the sex abuse crisis would have been if the priests and bishops responding were themselves fathers of children. For some reason I don't think it would have taken 20 years for Mahony to grasp the impact of sexual abuse on children if he had a child of his own.
What no one can deny, however, is that what Bruni calls the "cossetted caste above the flock" is utterly destroyed, and Catholics must see to it that priests are never again elevated above the people among whom they serve. Indeed, we must energetically oppose any attempt to restore that form of the institution. We can do this without denigrating the priests who serve us day in and day out–indeed, we will be doing them a kindness by remembering that they are human beings like the rest of us, called to a particular service among us.
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New England Patriots weren't so smart with Hernandez
Watching TV footage of Aaron Hernandez, handcuffed and disheveled and being taken by police from his North Attleboro, Mass., home Wednesday morning, "The Patriot Way" again rang hollow in this troubled football fan's head.
Always smarter than everyone else. Those are Bill Belichick's Patriots.
But not smarter in this case. Sadly not.
More than six hours after his arrest, Hernandez appeared in Attleboro District Court to be charged with first-degree murder. The 23-year-old from Bristol, Conn., is being held without bail, charged in the execution-style killing of Odin Lloyd, 27, of Dorchester, a semi-pro football player who was dating the sister of Hernandez's fiancee. Lloyd's body was found June 17 in an industrial park a mile from Hernandez's home.
Certainly the Patriots could never have imagined Hernandez would someday be accused of such a hideous crime. But a lot of other teams presumed dumber than Belichick's outfit worried that drafting the supremely talented Hernandez in 2010 might result in a bad ending of some sort.
Belichick apparently bought whatever reassurances his coaching pal Urban Meyer provided about Hernandez's character, enabling the Patriots to steal the University of Florida star in the fourth round. Belichick calls these "value picks." All other NFL teams were mocked for lacking Belichick's ingenuity to take a gamble on a versatile weapon who had won the John Mackey Award as the best tight end in college football.
(The Mackey Award's vetting also took a hit on Wednesday, since the award is supposedly presented to the collegiate tight end who exemplifies the "play, sportsmanship, academics and community values" of the great John Mackey.)
What could all those other NFL teams possibly have been thinking?
Well, probably that while football was important to Hernandez -- as Belichick likes to say in describing the ultimate character criteria -- other questionable activities were just as important to Hernandez, making the elusive tight end too great a risk. Those other teams perhaps wondered whether Meyer's word beyond X's and O's lacked validity. Because while the Gators racked up two national titles during Meyer's six years in Gainesville (he is now coaching at Ohio State), they had roughly 30 arrests. The Orlando Sentinel reported last week that Hernandez was arrested at Florida in 2007 while still a juvenile following an altercation at a campus hangout, and also was later questioned by police about a shooting. Guns and Hernandez seemed frequently in close proximity.
Within days of the Patriots stealing Hernandez in that 2010 draft, the Boston Globe reported the tight end had failed multiple drug tests for marijuana while at Florida. Hernandez countered that, hey, it was only one drug test he failed.
But USA-Today reported last week that worries about Hernandez's character and associates prompted at least one NFL team to remove him from their draft board. ESPN's Chris Mortensen reported other teams did so as well, including teams that previously had taken chances on so-called risky players.
But not the Patriots. They were too smart. They kept Hernandez on their board.
Not long after Hernandez was arrested Wednesday morning, the Patriots released the 2011 Pro Bowler. This perhaps exhibited a smidgen of Patriot Way principle, since the timing reportedly could make it more difficult for the team to recoup the $9.79 million Hernandez has already collected on a five-year, $40 million contract extension signed last August, and causes salary-cap miseries. But really, what choice did the Patriots have? It made no sense keeping on the roster a player who probably had no chance of playing this season, not to mention it would have been unconscionable to keep an accused murderer on the payroll hoping he might beat the rap.
Of course, bonus money and salary-cap ramifications and wondering who is left for Tom Brady to throw the ball to come September pale in significance to Lloyd's awful fate and his family's grief and heartache.
And whether Hernandez was drafted by the Patriots, some other team or no team at all, he still probably would have wound up in a courtroom somewhere facing murder and gun charges. He is what he is.
When last August the Patriots showed faith in Hernandez by signing him to that five-year contract extension, which included a $12.5 million signing bonus, he cut a $50,000 check for the charitable foundation named in honor of Myra Kraft, the late wife of Patriots owner Bob Kraft. Hernandez that day spoke emotionally of Bob Kraft and the Patriots changing his life and of his commitment "to play my heart out for them, make the right decisions, and live life as a Patriot."
Hernandez now faces the possibility of living his life behind bars. A Patriot despised. A Patriot who lost his way.
David Pevear is a sports writer for the Lowell Sun. Follow him on Twitter at http://twitter.com/merganser10


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Business Secretary Sajid Javid announced back in February the eight consortia were selected to research and develop proposals to help develop infrastructure for connected and autonomous vehicles, each having successfully bid for the 2015 Connected and Autonomous Vehicles competition.
These R&D projects are described in detail in our article CAV competition leverages over £25 million for eight R&D projects to help build infrastructure for connected and autonomous vehicles.
Retrospectively known as CAV1 — in light of a second competition in the offing — this round of funding from the government's £100 million Intelligent Mobility Fund also offered support for technical feasibility projects, to study ways to enhance communication between vehicles and roadside infrastructure or urban information systems.
Outline details of these projects, most now underway, were recently released by Innovate UK and publicised by some of those involved. Among subjects being investigated include studies of the effects of autonomous vehicles on infrastructure, new business models, reduced cost sensors, autonomous vehicle accidents investigation methods, urban planning for autonomous vehicles and even a study of potential for a autonomous motorcycle.
While not yet underway, the Driver experience based learning system for autonomous cars project is to be led by The Floow Limited, with together with The University of Sheffield and Tata Motors European Technical Centre PLC.
The Floow is an University of Sheffield spin-out company, specialising in telematics such as for the insurance industry, with expertise in computer science, analytics, statistical analysis of Big Data, driver psychology and actuarial science.
The Floow is also a participant in the CAV1 MOVE UK consortium funded with £5.5m to trial driverless cars on UK roads. In this project The Floow's telematics is to be used to compare the behaviour of the vehicle to that of a human driver in the same real world environment.
Led by Euratom/CCFE, the Culham Centre for Fusion Energy, the nine month £190,067 supported PAVE: People in Autonomous Vehicles in Urban Environments: Culham City project will study the potential impact of driverless vehicles on UK infrastructure.
Culham City, based at Culham Science Centre in Oxfordshire, is to be used as a test site to study how smart technologies can enable the safe and controlled testing of autonomous vehicles.
According to fellow participant Amey (the utilities and waste management provider) there's growing need to fully understand the implications of this revolutionary technology.
Amey will be running a series of workshops and other events, gathering views from councillors from local authorities, travel planners, emergency services, industry experts and policy makers with a view to understanding perceptions of the benefits and challenges posed by this new form of transport.
The findings of this research project could inform future government policies and decisions related to driverless cars. The consortium is due to publish its final report by 2017.
Amey's IT Director of Smart Data and Technology Dr Rick Robinson said: "The UK has the highest (number of) internet search requests on driverless cars anywhere in the world, however recent studies suggest that while people think that driverless car technology potentially offers enormous economic and societal benefits, there are concerns, particularly about safety. While these vehicles remain in development phase, now is an important time to explore the views of people who understand the wider implications of the technology."
"We are keen to learn what autonomous vehicles mean for transport infrastructure and how we can design the transport network of tomorrow. We see this project as an exciting opportunity to work as part of a consortium whose focus is not necessarily the technology itself but rather the stakeholder and infrastructure environment in which autonomous vehicles will operate."
Traffic systems company Siemens (with £4775 of support at 50% of costs) is also participating in the study. Siemens is also one of ten consortia members of the UK CITE R&D project that aims to enable automotive, infrastructure and service companies to trial connected vehicle technologies in real-life conditions on 40 miles of roads within Coventry and Warwickshire, using combinations of DSRC and LTE talking car technologies to compare their performance, starting from next year.
Other participants are Westbourne Comms Company (supported by £41,522, 70% of costs) - A London based advocacy, reputational support and public engagement company, and Oxbotica Ltd, a spin-out from Oxford University's Mobile Robotics Group.
Oxbotica's technology has been used in the Oxford RobotCar — the UK's first autonomous car approved for public trials — also used in the LUTZ project, bringing autonomous pods to the pavements of Milton Keynes.
Oxbotica, as well as also studying the feasibility of 3D dense vision (below), is also part of the Greenwich Gateway project.
Thingful Limited has begun a project that's assessing the feasibility of real-time vehicle data sharing within a decentralised system of data producers and consumers, making use of data from embedded automotive connectivity modules.
The Thingful.net site offers a search engine for the Internet of Things, providing a geographical index of connected objects around the world, including energy, radiation, weather, and air quality devices as well as seismographs, iBeacons, ships, aircraft and even animal trackers.
Thingful.net was created by Umbrellium,a London based designer and developer of technological tools to support citizen empowerment and high-impact engagement in cities.
It plans to demonstrate a system for making vehicle data accessible to a variety of third parties through an IoT system that mediates access via a decentralised and trustless transaction management system, with drivers' explicit consent and incentivisation.
As stated in the Connected Car Data project abstract, the potential of connectivity and increasing level of sensor-based automation in vehicles isn't currently harnessed due to a lack of a clear value and business proposition for automotive OEMs. The project aims to demonstrate that a sensor data service for automotive aftermarket channels, app developers and other parties (that are affected by or have a direct interest in the automotive value chain) can accelerate value creation in the industry and show how a technology like Thingful enables and supports it.
Thankful have been supported with £168,079, 70% of the project budget, for this year long project.
Navtech Radar Ltd - a designer and manufacturer of commercially deployed radar solutions - has been selected to conduct a feasibility study into the use of radar technology for environment mapping on autonomous vehicles.
Navtech Radar states that its technology is used by clients in the Perimeter Security Surveillance, Industrial Automation and Traffic Incident Detection sectors.
Its solutions are designed, manufactured and supported from its factory in Oxfordshire, although the company was originally set up in 1999 as a spin-off of a Sydney University project using radar for precisely locating stationary and moving objects for driverless vehicles in ports.
Machines With Vision Limited has been awarded 70% of total project costs (£122,288) for the feasibility study of Pinpoint: a Simple, low-cost, compact and precise localisation for highly autonomous vehicles.
Based in Edinburgh, the company is developing a novel sensor for automonous vehicle localisation, that it claims 'will revolutionize the ease with which complex Computer Vision algorithms can be used in a wide range of embedded applications'.
According its proposal abstract, highly automomous vehicles need to know their location relative to the road but GPS is not sufficiently accurate. Autonomous vehicles being developed and tested today use rich 3D maps of the environment to determine the vehicle position to within a centimetre or so but the technology is expensive, bulky and power hungry.
Machines With Vision says its proposed method for determining vehicle location using a novel 3D imaging sensor is not only cheaper, more compact and more efficient but should also determine position to millimetre accuracy.
For the project, it will build a prototype of the sensor, demonstrate the ability to localise a vehicle and develop the commercial value proposition and 'route to market'.
Roke Manor Research Limited has been awarded 50% of its project costs (£17,273) for a three month study into Road Accident 3D Reconstruction.
Roke Manor Research takes its name from the 19th century Manor House near Romsey, Hampshire, housing what was formerly known as Plessey Research Roke Manor. It now is wholly owned by defence company Chemring Group PLC, and works in the Applied Analysis, Big Data, Comms Infrastructure, Cyber Security, Electromagnetic Intelligence, Intelligent Sensors, and Network Test & Evaluation sectors.
Chemring Technology Solutions is a research partner with the University of Surrey's 5G Innovation Centre (5GIC), set up to spearhead international research into 5G technologies for the next generation of mobile networks.
Chemring is also a project partner in the UK Quantum Technology Hub for Sensors and Metrology, led by the University of Birmingham, bringing together expertise in physics and engineering from the Universities of Birmingham, Glasgow, Nottingham, Southampton, Strathclyde and Sussex with over 70 industry partners.
According to the proposal abstract, the project will study issues of responsible for road accident involving driverless cars. It will cover the feasibility of producing a highly precise 3D reconstructions of vehicle trajectories in accidents: in the build-up to a road accident and the accident itself, making use of advanced event data recorders, such as dashcams.
Oxbotica Ltd has been 70% funded (£173,664) for the year long Enabling Affordable Autonomy Using Hybrid Dense Vision project that aims to improve the affordability of autonomous vehicles by reducing sensor costs.
The Feasibility Study will use 3D dense vision technologies in a road-going prototype and assess the performance of this alternative to laser localisation over many thousands of miles of testing.
According to the proposal abstract, the outcome will be an analysis of the performance of a new Hybrid Dense Vision approach - leading to a reference design for a lower cost sensor system for autonomous vehicles that could reduce existing sensors costs for autonomous systems by over an order of magnitude.
The 12 month, £210,390 supported, OVARE project aims to demonstrate a concept for optimising the driving style of autonomous vehicles (AVs) for passenger ride comfort, vehicle emissions and fuel consumption, as well as journey times.
The project will evaluate the impacts of customers interacting with AVs to specify a driving style to suit their requirements on AV fuel consumption and emissions.
New measurements of ride comfort and emissions will be used to develop models that can be used in further simulations of passenger-AV interactions.
The project is a collaboration between Emissions Analytics Limited (£86,866 at 70% costs) and the Centre for
Transport Studies, Imperial College London (£123,524 at 100% of costs).
The project combines access to at least 20 different vehicles for testing, with expertise in vehicle emissions measurement, innovation in sensor development and expertise in the simulation of autonomous vehicles.
As part of this project, a ride comfort sensor will be developed to independently measure vibrations so that standard ride comfort metrics can be calculated. The ride quality sensor developed in this project will also be used to detect road degradation for highways maintenance.
Connect Plus Services (a construction, design, maintenance and operations joint venture between Balfour Beatty, Atkins and Egis Road Operation UK), together with INRIX UK Ltd (the global Connected Car Services and Movement Analytics provider) have jointly proposed the V2 gritter project.
Connect Plus Services has a 30-year contract to maintain and operate the M25 motorway network, including all adjoining trunk and slip roads.
A consortium of three companies led by Autord Ltd (£96,120 at 70% of costs) has started the Autonomous Motorcycle Platform Feasibility project to study and demonstrate the technical feasibility of an autonomous motorcycle platform.
Total funded value of the year long project that started in May 2016 is £180,207.
Other consortium members are Empire Racing Cars Ltd (£30,074 at 70%) and Imperial College London (£54,013 at 100%).
AVL Powertrain UK Limited has started its VEDAS project with support of £124,087 (50% of costs) for a year long project developing a virtual validation environment for ADAS and autonomous vehicles.
Time to market is of the essence to develop for rapidly developing growing technologies such as ADAS, according to the project proposal abstract, resulting in virtualised testing offers significant benefits.
This feasibility project will develop processes and methodologies to support a virtual validation environment for ADAS and autonomous vehicles. AVL Powertrain states that such an environment will allow faster, more controllable and adaptable validation.
The Atlas project, led by Ordnance Survey Limited is being supported with £174,606 funding to study the navigation, mapping, data, communications and processing requirements of autonomous vehicles.
The six consortium partners collaborating on this project are:
The Atlas Project has begun its study of the feasibility and requirements for technologies and services to deliver autonomous navigation 'anywhere' in a safe, reliable and resilient manner.
Specifically, the project will study navigation, mapping, data, communications and processing requirements; identifying on-vehicle and infrastructure elements required to support autonomous navigation.
The project is also considering how data can be reused for the planning of urban environments more suited to autonomy.
According to TRL, the 'Atlas' initiative will study data critical to the efficient operation of autonomous vehicles and how it can be enhanced.
In its announcement of the awarding of funding for the project TRL said that testing the feasibility of maintaining, processing and distributing this data is a core element of the project. If Atlas is successful, it foresees further rapid take-up of connected and autonomous vehicles.
The Atlas project commenced on 1 May 2016 and is one of many projects using TRL's UK Smart Mobility Living Lab @ Greenwich; a real-life environment where Connected and Automated Vehicles (CAVs), services and processes can be safely developed, evaluated and integrated within the local community.
Commenting on the announcement, Rob Wallis, CEO at TRL said; "Atlas is the latest in a string of innovative projects to be making use of TRL's UK Smart Mobility Lab at Greenwich. It is an important project for autonomous vehicle development because the success of this work will not only enable safe navigation of these vehicles, but help to transform our transport system and ultimately save lives. If we can understand how to safely and securely transfer data between vehicles, then we really can put the UK at the forefront of connected and automated mobility."
Jeremy Morley, Ordnance Survey's Chief Geospatial Scientist, stressed the strength of the consortium and the potential benefits from the Atlas project: "Autonomous vehicles will need to find their way reliably and safely through a vast network of streets while interacting with driven and other autonomous vehicles. Imagine sections of road – other than motorway – equipped with beacons using the potential of 5G technology and geospatial accuracy to sense 'unexpected objects' (a.k.a 'children and animals'), that may unwittingly stray into the path of an oncoming autonomous vehicle."
"Engines in autonomous cars that pick up on road surface conditions perhaps, to adjust a car's tyre pressures. We're already seeing developments along these lines as collaborations take place between other mapping organisations and a range of car manufacturers – BMW, AUDI, et al."
Ben Davis (left) , Technical Director of Gobotix, said: "We have been working for some time alongside OxTS to use our joint expertise in robotics, navigation and computer vision in order to improve and build upon vehicle autonomy in a range of environments. This exciting opportunity enables us, through close collaboration with industry-leading companies, to explore further some of the ideas from our brightest and best minds."
Myrtle Software has received 70% funding (£147,148) to conduct the Efficient Computer Vision ADAS Hardware for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles project. Myrtle Software, based in Cambridge, has expertise in in CPU, GPU and FPGA (Field-programmable gate array) processing solutions where, it says, efficiency and data throughput are critical.
A field-programmable gate array (FPGA) is an integrated circuit designed to be configured by a customer or a designer after manufacturing – hence 'field-programmable'.
According to Myrtle Software's proposal, developing Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) hardware for automobiles is complex, expensive, iterative and slow. Development and rollout in the marketplace is further slowed, it states, by the standards required for the car industry. A major consequence being advanced computer vision algorithms, already used in other industries for human safety, have been slow to appear in connected cars.
The project is exploring the feasibility of developing new technologies for realtime image processing to drastically reduce the iteration times for producing ADAS hardware. The project will produce hardware versions of algorithms using its software and evaluate the efficiency of the resulting process. Myrtle claims that, if successful, the project will see the UK well-placed to be at the forefront of owning the IP within all the chips in future car models and leading the way in making our roads safer.
On announcing the awarding of the project Brian Tyler, Myrtle's Director of Innovation, said "We're very excited to become part of this high profile government program and work closely with major automobile companies. Accessing real-world sensor data will enable Myrtle to showcase our flagship compiler technology and prove the efficiency gains that our strongly typed proprietary pipeline can bring to the real world deployment of algorithms inside the next generation of automobiles."
Bristol based Aptcore Limited has been awarded £122,395 (70% of costs) to assess the feasibility of a low cost hardware and software platform for provision of collision avoidance and situational awareness capability to autonomous vehicles.
The envisaged system comprises a set of licensable hardware designs, software applications and developer configuration tools, to enable non-experts to implement and configure a system suitable for their pod or other autonomous vehicle.
This, according to the proposal abstract, will lower the barriers to entry for the autonomous vehicle market, bringing the benefits of increased competition and lower price.
The 12 month project will leverage some of AptCore's existing IP, function libraries and applications, and will add further capabilities and a user configuration tool to attempt to implement a situational awareness system with collision avoidance suitable for a small electric vehicle.
The company has previously successful bid for the Innovate UK projects:
KTN coordinated the networking event for this competition last October - Connected and Autonomous Vehicles competition briefing - open to disruptive innovations, and is currently organising the scoping workshops to influence the scope of the government's second Connected and Autonomous Vehicles competition.
To register your interest in participating to shape the scope of this competition, you can sign up on the Eventbrite form linked from your preferred event below:


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Latest High Blood Pressure News
MONDAY, Oct. 22 (HealthDay News) -- Increased use of multiple drug combinations likely explains the significant increase in the number of U.S. adults with hypertension who say they have their blood pressure under control, according to a new study.
Researchers followed more than 9,300 patients with high blood pressure and found that those who said they had their blood pressure under control increased from 29 percent in 2001 to 47 percent in 2010.
The study also found that the use of two or more drugs to control high blood pressure increased from 37 percent to 48 percent during that time, and that nearly two-thirds of patients on combination therapy had controlled blood pressure by 2010.
Older adults, blacks and people with chronic kidney disease and diabetes have higher rates of high blood pressure, and Mexican-Americans are least likely to take blood pressure medications, according to the study, which appears in the Oct. 22 issue of the journal Circulation.
"Much progress has been made in blood pressure control over the last 10-year period and the use of multiple drug combinations apparently has had an effect," study co-author Dr. Qiuping Gu, an epidemiologist at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics, said in a journal news release.
Other factors associated with increased blood pressure control include lower cost and generic versions of medications, and increased awareness about the dangers of uncontrolled high blood pressure.
"While there are possibly several factors involved, more needs to be learned about why only 34 percent of Mexican-Americans with hypertension have their blood pressure under control," Gu said.
-- Robert Preidt
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In addition to the five installed, dcinex is currently preparing the implementation of 11 other Dolby Atmos [pictured] platforms in the coming months.
dcinex, the leading Pan-European provider of fully integrated and best in class solutions for film operations, has installed Dolby Atmos in five cinemas across Europe.
Cinemas in Austria, Czech Republic, Germany and The Netherlands have now been implemented with the end-to-end solution that helps mixers, studios, and distributors dramatically improve the audio experience. Dolby Atmos also makes it easy for content creators to create immersive soundscapes, ensuring the best possible audience experience.
In addition to these five, dcinex is currently preparing the implementation of eleven other Dolby Atmos platforms in the coming months, including one in Austria, one in the Czech Republic, four in Germany and four in Benelux.
"Feedback on the completed installations has been tremendous. Our clients are really impressed by the unique immersive experience this brings to the audience," commented Till Cussmann, VP exhibitor services at dcinex. "The expertise in installing Dolby Atmos gained by our Sound Products Integration Team and installation teams over the past months is being increasingly recognized by the market and we are confident that the number of exhibitors investing in such systems will only go up in the near future."
"Dolby Atmos is our most revolutionary sound innovation in years. By allowing sound designers and mixers a new level of creative control, Dolby Atmos ensures that cinema audiences will experience the full impact of their mix regardless of theatre configuration," explained Fritz Deininger, regional sr. director central Europe, Dolby Laboratories.


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News & Notes: Game 66
Monday, June 13, 2011 (7:05 p.m.) – Coca-Cola Field
TV: Time Warner Cable SportsNet 13
Radio: WWKB AM 1520, bisons.com
Buffalo Bisons (27-38, 5th(-14.0), North)
RHP Dylan Owen (2-2, 4.88)
Columbus Clippers (42-22, 1st(+5.5), West)
LHP David Huff (4-2, 4.37)
TODAY'S GAME: Tonight, the Bisons take on the Columbus Clippers in the third game of a four-game series from Coca-Cola Field (7:05 p.m.). Columbus has won the first two games by a combined score of 17-10. Buffalo is now 1-5 on its eight-game homestand which began with a series loss to Indy. After Wednesday's off-day, the Bisons travel to Norfolk to face the Tides.
VS. THE CLIPPERS: The Bisons have lost the first two games of the season series with the Clippers. Buffalo won the season series in 2010 with six wins in eight games against Columbus. The Herd won't travel to Huntington Park until August 20 for the second half of this season series.
ON THE BUMP: RHP DYLAN OWEN will make sixth start and 11th appearance for the Bisons this season. The righty was solid in his last start on June 1 in Charlotte, allowing just one run and striking out seven in five innings of work. On the season, Owen is 2-1 with a 2.78ERA in 23.0 innings of work following a Bisons defeat.
GET FIGGY WITH IT: INF LUIS FIGUEROA enters tonight's game on an eight-game hit streak. Since June 5, the infielder has averaged .385 (10-26) with nine runs scored. Figueroa has also walked nine times during the hit streak and has 16 free passes to only 11 strikeouts in 30 games this year. Overall, Figueroa has averaged .320 with a .413 on-base percentage with the Herd.
OUR PAL, VAL: INF VALENTINO PASCUCCI has collected 37RBI since May 10 or, 11 more than any other player in the league during that span. In his last 31 games, Pascucci has averaged .304 (31-102) with 10 doubles, seven homers and a .608 slugging percentage.
BISONS BITS: INF ZACH LUTZ is 5-13 (.385) with a double, an RBI and two runs scored in his three games since returning from the DL…Only five of the 12 position players on the current Bisons roster have hit a home run with the team this year…RHP BRIAN SWEENEY became the first Bisons pitcher to throw five innings in relief in a game since RHP BUBBIE BUZACHERO did in a 13-inning loss to Rochester on July 3, 2008…. Sweeney has put together 10 straight scoreless innings out of the bullpen.
METS UPDATE: The Mets (32-33) blanked the Pirates, 7-0, yesterday afternoon. LHP CHRIS CAPUANO allowed just three hits in seven innings to improve to 5-6 on the year. INF JOSE REYES had three hits including his third home run of the season. New York faces Pittsburgh again tonight at 7:05 p.m.


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South Sudan Bishops Praise National Progress, Urge Reforms
The bishops urged that a process of national reconciliation take place to heal the wounds left by decades of civil war.
JUBA, South Sudan — The bishops of South Sudan say they find "much to celebrate" in their newly independent country, praising peaceful advances, while also noting causes for concern.
"Building a new nation is not a quick or easy task," they said. "Most of our people are living in peace and democracy for the first time in decades. There is religious freedom, with Muslims, Christians and followers of African traditional religion able to practice their faith without obstacles."
The bishops' comments come in a pastoral message approved during their plenary meeting in the capital city of Juba held Nov. 12-15.
South Sudan became independent in July 2011, following decades-long civil wars in Sudan between the Muslim dominated north and the largely Christian and animist south.
The South Sudanese bishops praised a "strong" ecumenical spirit among Christian groups and voiced happiness at the involvement of Muslims in many initiatives.
However, they noted "a widespread feeling that something is not right."
"We have peace in the sense of absence of widespread violence, but not in the sense of right relationship and abundance of life," the bishops said.
Citing the need for national reconciliation and healing, the bishops offered to help in this process.
"The Church has the credibility and moral authority to play a leading role in this, but in fact reconciliation comes from God and cannot take place without God," they said. "Reconciliation is our mission."
The bishops welcomed the "leaner" government now regulating the independent country. However, they voiced concern that advances in social services, infrastructure and other basic needs are proceeding more slowly than desired. Corruption and nepotism are still areas of concern.
The bishops advised the government to select a small number of priorities to ensure their implementation, "rather than trying to do everything all at once." They said international aid has helped the South Sudanese people "so much," but now must shift towards long-term development and sustainability, including education.
The Church is itself involved in education in the country: Construction on the Catholic University of South Sudan broke ground Nov. 17 in Juba.
The bishops' pastoral message said they are very concerned about conflicts within the country, including the state of Jonglei. They warned against "tribalism" and efforts to inflame ethnic tension, though they encouraged people to be proud of their tribal heritage. They also denounced violence as "completely unacceptable."
They praised their country's new agreement with Sudan to resume oil exports, though they lamented the continued "humanitarian tragedy" in Darfur, the Nuba Mountains and Blue Nile regions of Sudan.
The bishops also stressed the need for every Christian to "respond daily to the Lord Jesus" and prayed for the blessing of Christ the King on South Sudan, its people and its allies, as well as on those who seek to do harm.
"God's love is unconditional," they said. "Repent and believe the Good News."


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Cold, Cold World
Yesterday was a beautiful day here in the Chi. By the time I had cracked through my fifth 16-ouncer of Old Style, the high temperature had surpassed the 80 degree mark, I had already paid my respects to my late Grandpa Larry Hocker (U.S. Army) and all seemed well in the world.
Being the conservator of energy that I am, I stopped myself from turning on the air conditioner, even though it was quite balmy in my Southside apartment. In fact, I went to bed with the windows open, forcing myself to think about North Korea instead of the myriad troubles that boggled my mind.
And then… I was out. Cold.
And then… I was up. Cold.
Really friggin' cold.
With goosepimples up and down my skin, I jumped out of bed and ran around the house shutting windows, all the time fighting a mighty wind that threatened me with a forty degree bite.
And today? 47 degrees was the average high. So much for global warming… how about global friggin' freezing? The cold has been such a deterrent that I didn't even bat an eye after the Astros jumped out to a 4 – 0 lead against the Cardinals in the first inning tonight.
I didn't break one single appliance when Jonathan Broxton gave up the go-ahead run to the Cubs late in a low-scoring game.
And I didn't threaten to kill anyone when Hawk & D.J. started talking about their ballplayin' days (AGAIN) during the Sox/Tribe broadcast.
I think the cold has gotten to me. I think I should consider moving to a warmer climate. I think I might already be dead — existing solely as a ghost, haunting the drunken lives of Cub fans worldwide.
Okay. So I'm not dead, but until we see some May-like weather, consider me hibernating. Of course, that doesn't mean that I'm all of the sudden not making sense. The Tigers are still terrible, the Yankees are done and Cub fans are still getting ahead of themselves. These statements would be true no matter how cold it is.
And though I know how difficult it may be, please don't hate me 'cuz I'm right.


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The Elder Scrolls Online will have monthly subscriptions
Subscription models seem to be going extinct, but that hasn't stopped Zenimax Online and Bethesda from announcing that The Elder Scrolls Online will require a flat monthly fee to play.
"We're building a game with the freedom to play – alone or with your friends – as much as you want," said Zenimax Studios president Matt Firor in an interview with Gamestar. A game with meaningful and consistent content – one packed with hundreds of hours of gameplay that can be experienced right away and one that will be supported with premium customer support."
As is standard practice you'll get 30 days of full access included in the box. But after that you'll have to pay in return for unlimited game-time.
It's a strange move given the prevalence of free-to-play. "The Elder Scrolls games are all about allowing the player to go where they want, be who they want, and do what they want," Firor said. "We feel that putting pay gates between the player and content at any point in game ruins that feeling of freedom, and just having one small monthly fee for 100% access to the game fits the IP and the game much better than a system where you have to pay for features and access as you play."
The basic monthly charge will be $14.99/€12.99/£8.99, but players can "expect some discounts if you buy multiple months at a time."


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Is Penny (Casey Wilson) finally going to get her happy ending on Happy Endings?
Yup. The perpetually single and formerly romance-challenged gal will get engaged to Pete (Nick Zano) on Tuesday's episode (9/8c, ABC), but it won't go down cleanly.
Winter TV eye candy: Check out the hottest stars heating up your TV screenIn our exclusive sneak peek, Penny and Jane (Eliza Coupe) return to her condo to see a trail of rose petals leading to a ring box. It's what she thinks it is, but Penny soon gets a rude awakening. You see, Tuesday's episode is also a prank episode.Watch the sneak peek below. Happy Endings airs Tuesdays at 9/8c on ABC.


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Franz Ferdinand | RUG590 | Released: 06/05/14
Taken from their much acclaimed fourth album, Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action, the single, featuring Roxanne Clifford of Veronica Falls on guest vocals, was produced by Prince House Rabbit. This special single version was mixed by David Fridmann (Tame Impala, MGMT, Flaming Lips) and the 7" is the only place to get it physically. The single also features Erdbeer Mund, a truly unique German language track, with lead vocals by Nick McCarthy..
Tentative release date is the 7th May for the 7" but this could be subject to change.
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Tentative release date is the 7th May but this could be subject to change
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Browsed and couldn't find a thread devoted to boardgames in general (</obligatory caveat to avoid wrath of trolls>), so...voila.
I find my gaming time is becoming less dominated by impersonal, uncreative formats (see: videogames) and am more interested in games I can play with r/l friends for a few hours, sans controller-throwing (but still plenty of obscenity!).
Part of this is from the fact some of my friends are developing a boardgame we've played informally for years. But I'm also sick of dropping tons of money on games I don't play that invariably frustrate me (even the greatest games don't provide enough creative satisfaction). Videogames measure twitch skills that must be developed over hours of practice. Looking at the leaderboards for Battlefield 2 on XBL, the top-ranked players have spent 500+ hours playing the game. I've spent 17 and I love the game. Not saying I need to be top-ranked but it's frustrating not being able to have a good time (getting owned by dominant players) b/c my sk1llz are lacking b/c I have little time to become an expert (this is what killed Counter-Strike for me).
Boardgames don't seem to have this problem. No one is god-like and the design in most tends to favor superior planning/strategy, not reflexes.
Anyways. What boardgames do you guys play, if any, and why?
I played a few board games while I was over at my brother's, first time in a while. I still detest Risk, but Stratego (which I never played before) is amazing. Very deep game of observation, and it doesn't drag on. There's no luck involved, which is both bad and good I guess.
Tain and I play Scrabble. I've been plying that as long as I can remember with my father, though he doesn't hold much back anymore and tries to whip me by 200 points when possible. It's by far my favorite board game.
I also like backgammon and chess, but I don't play those on real boards anymore. More convenient in a digital format (but poo to Online Scrabble. Not nearly as fun),
Yeah, I'd also be interested in hearing what indie/alternative board games are out there. Acquire seems to be really popular. I used to play a lot of Zombies!!! (looks like an RPG, but it's really more of a complex, expandable board game) but burnt out on it. That one can go on for 6+ hours.
EDIT: Oh, shit! There's a new set out!
I play chess all the time. I'm always up for a game if someone wants to play. Only other games I play are Stratego and Scrabble.
We used to get into epic rounds of drinking and Risk.
Not a board game per se, but I love the hell out of the cardgame "Lunch Money".
Looks spicy.Originally Posted by Sqoon
Boardgameratings.com seems like a good resource. Never heard of most of this stuff.


text: 2013 Apr 17 Recognizing Public Value: Book Party & Talk 4:10pm to 5:30pm Location: 124 Mt. Auburn Street, Suite 200-North, Cambridge, MAIntroduction & Moderation: Tony Saich, Ash Center DirectorRespondents: Tiziana Dearing, CEO of Boston Rising; and Stephen Goldsmith, Daniel Paul Professor of the Practice of GovernmentReception to FollowCo-sponsored by the Program in Criminal Justice Policy and Management About the SeminarIn his newly published Recognizing Public Value, Mark Moore focuses on helping public managers develop and use performance measurement and management systems to help animate and guide their value-creating efforts. The book introduces readers to two new key instruments – the Public Value Account and the Public Value Scorecard. The Public Value Account is designed to help public managers construct something like the private sector's financial "bottom line" for empirically capturing the "public value" that is being created (or lost) by a public agency. The Public Value Scorecard is designed to help managers keep their attention focused on the concrete tasks that have to be undertaken in both the world of political mobilization and operational management to execute a future-oriented strategy for a government agency. The concepts are illustrated with cases from policing and crime control, the management of urban services, tax collecting, contracting for welfare to work programs, solid waste management, the promotion of economic competitiveness, and child protective services.... Read more about Recognizing Public Value: Book Party & Talk